Background
Willer, Harry Walter Von was born on August 11, 1896 in Greensburg, Indiana, United States. Son of William H. and Estella (Lawson) Von Willer.
Willer, Harry Walter Von was born on August 11, 1896 in Greensburg, Indiana, United States. Son of William H. and Estella (Lawson) Von Willer.
Educational public schools, manual training high school, Indianapolis, Indiana. Student Purdue University, 1913-1915, University of Minnesota, 1930-1931. Doctor of Laws, Alfred University, 1958.
1 daughter, Roberta Linda (Mistress J. Morris Taylor, Junior). Clerk local freight house, C., C., C. & Saint L. Railway, 1915-1917, in various positions, 1919-1923. With Erie Railroad, 1923-1971, chief clerk and commercial agent, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1923-1927, general agent, Springfield, O., 1927-1930, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1930-1931, division freight agent, Youngstown, O., 1931-1935, assistant general freight agent, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1935-1938, assistant freight traffic manager, Cleveland, Ohio, 1938-1939, freight traffic manager, Chicago, Illinois, 1939-1940, assistant to vice president, Cleveland, 1941, assistant vice president, 1941-1942, vice president charge traffic, 1942-1956, president 1956-1960.
Chairman, chief Executive officer, Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, 1960-1962.
Served with 113th Field Signal Battalion, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member Association Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners. Clubs: Union (Cleveland).
Married Roberta L. Terrell, January 28, 1922.